Improvement in water-meter



-ful Improvement in declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact de-r measurement of the quantity used.

ww-easeww A. HAL L, or N E W. You K, N; Y. team Patent No. 87,664, ,daad Mattie, 1369. i

- IMPROVEMENT IN -WATER-METER.

The Bchdnb'mferred to in Athese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

A.'AE'oallwhmnit'ina/y Beit known that I, A. W. HALL, of the city, county,

and State-of New York, have invented a new and use- Water-Meters; and I do hereby scription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings', forming a part of this'speciication,

in which- Figures 1 and 2 representA vertical sections of a Awater-meter, constructed according tomyimprova.

ment, taken at right angles to each other.

Similar lettersofference indicate corresponding parts in both gures.

The invention'consists in a certain means, whereby -a certain exact proportion of the water enteringthe service-pipe is separated for measurement;' which said proportion, 'when measured, serves as an index for the In order that others may understand the construction and operation of my invention, I will proceed to describe with reference to the drawings. A is a case or box, for containing the apparatus. vSaid case is of a formation somewhat resembling that of the ordinary gas-meter, but may be of any desirable form', aud is constructed of sheet-tin, castmetal, or any other suitable material.

' B represents the servicelpipe;

G, the distributing-pipe, leading through the building, or other place of consumption; and

D is a sma 1er pipe, leading to the meter.

4E cis a compound taper-plug, longitudinally arranged within aperpendicular portion of the pipe, and held to its seat bymeans of a spiral spring, a.. Said spring a, is of suiiicicnt strength 4to sustain but little more than the weight of the plug, so that it may yield to the slightest pressure of the water; or, the arrangement of said plug may be inverted, so that its own weight will act, in place of said spring, for closing the valve.

The larger and smaller portions, E e, of this said compound taper-plug, are graduated and proportioned, in their relation to each other, at'all points of their length, so that'the greater or less opening, at the plug E, will effect a proportionate opening ofthe plug e, and consequently, when a given quantity o f water is passed out by the plug E, a given proportion of that quantity is allowedto pass out by the smaller plug, e.

F is a self-dumping andself-locking cup or bucket, of a formation, as represented in the drawings, for the more rapid and eii'ectual ridding itself of the water by its dumping or upsetting-movement.

'Said cup or bucket has-secured, upon its rear or perpendicular side, avertically-alranged bar; b, with rea-rwardly-p'rojecting studs, c the lower one of which is hinged to the lo'wer extremity of a frame, H, seciued tothe inner surface of one-side of the bbx A,

Said -cup or bucket F, is located directly under the termination of the pipe D, s as to receive orA catch the water that passes through said pipe. At the upper extremity of the frame H, projects a horizontal'arm, h, to the outer end of. which is pivoteda lever, I, withbevelled lower extremity, 1'..

" This lever I is retained in place against a stop, d,

of the frame. H, by ineans of a spring, f, connected,

by its extremities, tothe said lever I and frame h,

g is a spring, with its extremities connected-to the bar b and 'iiame H, by means of suitable hooks or staples, p 11.', and is designed for elevating thecup or buckct'Ffrom its tilted or dumped. position after the Water has been emptied.

The said spring g is constructed with a proper `de grec of strength, to ,elevate the cup F from its tilted position when' empty, and to yield to the weight of the same when filled with water; and is also so arranged, in relation to the pivot or hinge, 2:,upon which the cup F turns, that the resistance of the spring becomes less in proportion to the tilting of the cup. By this arrangement, provisionis made for the-gradual emptying of the cup while in the act of being tilted, without the danger of itsbeing drawn upward by said springg, before all the water shall have run out.

Upon the upper side of the projection or stop, e', is provided a spring, m, for locking behind the lever I, thereby to hold the cup F level, and prevent it from dumping whilebeing lled.

Thisspring m is or may be provided with a stay, fn, for supporting the same while looking the cup, thereby allowing 'the said spring to-be constructed of a very flexible character, so as to present as little resistance as possible to the locking ofthe cup as it rises.

k is a rod, pivoted to a lower projection or short lever, s, of the stud e, and passing upwardly, through suitable bearings in the frame H, so that the falling and rising of the cup will produce the raising and low- 'eringof the rod.v

Said rod k, is designed fos connection with and operation oi' any suitable registering-device.

L is a waste-pipe, leading out from the bottom of the case A, for eduction of the water discharged therein, from time to time, by the tilting or dumping of the cup.

When a cock or faucet, connected with the distributing-pipe, C, is opened, the pressure .of the water entering from the service-pipe B, forces open the plug E, thereby opening, also, the smaller plug e, and while a given quantity of water is passing out between the plug E and its seat, a given fractional proportion of such quantity i s also passing out between the plug e and its seat.

The water passing through or by the plug e, is conducted,- by the pipe D, and discharged into the cup F.

When the said cup F isfull, its weight, together with the weight of the water, overeom es the resistance of the spring f, and the lever I is forced-back by the spring m, assisted, it may be, by the stay n, :ind the weight of the water inthe cup, overcoming the spring g, carries the said cup downward, turning. upon its pivot or hinge x, until it is caused to assume a position indicated by red outlines in fig. l, and, simultaf neously, pushing up `the rod k. In this posit-ion of the cup, the Water therein contained, runs out, and the cup, being greatly 1i ghtened thereby, is carried up, by the foroe of the spring g, and locked to the lever I by means of the spring m. -The eup or bucket is stopped at thev right position, by the stop e coming i'n Contact with the ame H. v

Weights, suitable for effecting the same purpose, I

consider the equivalent of springs, and may, when desira'ble,` beused in the place of the springs j, m, and g What I claim as my invention, and desire to halve secured by Letters Patent, is-'- 1.-v The compound taper-plug E e, constructed and applied, relatively to the service-pipe' B, to operate substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. 2. The combination, with the bucket F, of the stops c' d, springs f g m, and locking-lever I, L'substzintielly as and for the purposes herein setforth."v

Witnesses: A.`W. HALL.

J. C. LAWRENCE, L. BEACH. 

